53 posts tagged “birthday”

Yesterday was my mom's birthday.  The whole crew got together for supper down at the 40.  This is my brother and his new girlfriend.

Today at work, we did her birthday lunch with the office crew.  We go to the Cattle-Ac and have lunch, champagne, and cake!  My mom was wearing the new coat from my dad and necklace from Ray & Amy.  We got her a scarf but it didn't go with that particular ensemble.

I sure hope I look that beautiful at 65!

 

We miss you and hope to see you soon.

My hubby's birthday is today and my brother's birthday is Thursday so they opened some of their presents yesterday.

My parents got Ray coordinating exterior lights for our house!

My brother and I made use of his new present and headed to the golf course.  He hadn't golfed since middle school so wanted to do 18 holes. 

I've only once ever golfed 18 holes and it was only my 2nd time golfing this summer so my arms weren't quite in shape.  By hole 10, I could hardly hit the ball.  A couple behind us gave me a great pointer that I'd never heard before and it helped so much! 

 

My mom made an angel food cake for dessert.  My arms are still killing me today.

 

Twenty years ago, I was sitting outside Taco John's with a friend when 2 guys pulled up in a primered gray pickup.  We climbed in with them (all 4 in the front seat) and laughed hysterically all night long.  I've been happily married to the driver of that truck for 14 years now.

 

Also, a big Happy Birthday today to Deb (Bluebird)!

Is anyone else having trouble posting pictures and links?     

 

We celebrated Cody's birthday Friday night.  He invited 5 friends.  First, we went to the movies.  We let the 12 yr olds go to a PG13 movie, "Terminator", which was Cody's first and the rest of us went to "Up".  I must say it was better than I expected.  After the movie, all the boys got to spend the night.  Things are sure changing as the boys played outside until dark and then played Rock Band, texted on their phones, and listened to music.  We finally shut them down at 12:30 am.  Jace and Lily each spent the night at friends' houses so at least we were short those 2 kids!  Sadly, I forgot to take any pictures so I feel like a baaaaad mom!

The kids got done with school at noon on Friday.  It was a hard day.  We left right away for the lake.  You may remember that the lake had gotten very low the past several years but was starting to come up.  Well, it was up 25 ft. from this time last year and is supposed to come up another 8 ft!  I think that will make it higher than when we first started going there.  It's awesome!

For a Memorial weekend, we were treated to fairly nice weather Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday was Cody's 12th birthday.

 

 

In addition to the rollerblades, Cody got some money from his siblings and uncle and a rebound soccer net from my parents.  After opening gifts, Ray, my dad, my brother, and the boys went out fishing.  The girls stayed back and played squeak and went shopping in town.

The guys had some good fishing success and brought in 9 walleye and saugers so we had enough for supper. 

 

 

Sunday, the guys went out fishing again.  Not long after they'd left, we got a call that my dad's truck had broken down.  I went and picked them up and we hauled the truck to town and then the boat back to the cabin.  Then, the guys used my Yukon to go fishing and they came back with 19 walleyes!! 

Lily helped grandma cook and they even made a german chocolate cake to celebrate our anniversary which is today - 14 years!

We have some new neighbors from Sidney at the lake.  It happens to be one of my old babysitters and her family.  She has 2 teenagers and a son who's Jace's age!!  I am totally psyched that we haven't even moved and he's already got a friend there.  They really hit it off.

 

My BFF from h.s. was also there with her boyfriend.  He's got a 4 yr old daughter so Lily and her played a lot and then Cody played with her son whose a year behind him in school.  Uncle Ray played his first game of Blongo Ball.

And we saw our very first fox den with at least 4 little foxes!

Thumbs Down:

1. Not having the house ready to list this week.  However, we did tell the realtor we'd be ready on Monday so now we have a deadline which is motivating for me.
2. Getting all those little projects done around the house just to leave it!
3. Cody being home for a 2nd day from school due to some kind of allergic rash that's making him itch like crazy.

Thumbs Up:

1. I've shared before about Cody's very limited diet.  He's also been very opposed to swallowing pills but the medication prescribed for his rash is the worst tasting stuff ever.  It's impossible to disguise so we finally convinced him to try a pill.  I expected a 1/2 hour ordeal with all kinds of drama to actually get the pill down him but he put it in some bread, popped it in his mouth, took a drink, and swallowed.  You have no idea what an accomplishment for him that was and we were very proud!
2. A lovely birthday.
3. Great friends.
4. Ray getting to come home from work for lunch.

My dad called me bright and early this morning after my alarm had gone off but before I'd crawled out of bed.  He serenaded me with "Happy Birthday" and informed me I was now halfway to 70.  Umm, ok.  That doesn't make me feel old at all!  Here I'd just been thinking I was on the downslope of my 30's. 

We went to church and Luther Choir sang which the boys are both in.  After they'd finished their songs, I was motioning for them to go back to their seats and they just kept standing up front.  Then, they led the congregation in singing "Happy Birthday" to me.  That was quite a treat and brought a tear to my eye.

For lunch, we got Subway and then I was treated with a yummy Dairy Queen ice cream cake.  I had 8 candles:  3 and 5 LOL.  I already got most of my birthday presents that were related to my laptop but the kids got me

which I've been wanting for awhile.  I really needed to work more on the house but think I'm still fighting off this cold and couldn't bring myself to do anything but take a nap.  Now, we're getting ready to go out for supper with Bluebird and husband to one of my favorite restaurants, City Lights.

Thumbs Down:

1. Football withdrawals.
2. The most insane February weather ever.  It rained all day yesterday.  We're supposed to get a lot of snow today but it hasn't arrived.........yet.
3. School started 2 hours late this morning but I didn't find out until I'd already gotten up and showered.
4. My sore throat.
5. The cost of building is ridiculously high in MT due to the oil boom so Ray's going to end up doing a lot of the work himself.
6. My parents got Jace Madden '09 for his new DS but he couldn't open it since we hadn't given him the DS yet.  Unfortunately, I forgot the sack with the game in my mom's car so he has nothing to play on it until it arrives in the mail.  Bad mom!

Thumbs Up:

1. We found a lot we like and have decided to try to buy that instead of building next to my parents'.  It's a new subdivision on the outskirts of town on the hill with an amazing view of town.  It's 1/2 acre.  Here are some pics.
   

   W. end of lot

This lot is really low so we don't expect anyone to build on it and there's none behind us so we shouldn't lose our view.  Also, lots of places for the boys to ride their dirt bikes.

2.  Because of the view, we had to change our house plan completely.  We finally found a good one.  This is the outside (it won't have clay tiles for a roof).

And this is the layout.  The laundry area will become a 1/2 bath for guests and the sunroom will be a laundry/mud room.  It's 2397 sq feet and will have a full basement underneath.  Cody's room will be downstairs.  We'll angle the house on the lot so everything in the back will face the view.

3.  The look on Jace's face when he opened his Nintendo DS Lite last night.  We had supper at Paradiso.

4.  Word Twist on Facebook.  It's my new addiction.  Way too fun.

5.  Meetings & activities being cancelled last night due to weather so we had time to go out for a birthday supper.

6.  My brother going to church with us in MT.